Richard Freitag came out on top at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt ©FIS/Twitter

Richard Freitag came out on top at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt.

The 26-year-old German pipped team-mate Andreas Wellinger and Norway's Daniel Andre Tande with a leap of 145 metres for a score of 128.4 points.

Poor weather conditions had led to the cancellation of the first round and lengthy delays.

Qualification had been postponed yesterday. 

Richard Freitag's leap was 5.5 metres longer than the rest of the field to delight home fans ©Getty Images
Richard Freitag's leap was 5.5 metres longer than the rest of the field to delight home fans ©Getty Images

When the action did get underway Freitag stole the show with a comfortable margin of victory, although fellow German Wellinger, 22, pushed him closest with leap of 139.5 metres for a score of 126 points and second place. 

Tande leapt 135.5 metres but scored well on style marks from the five judges to collect a score of 122.5 points to finish third.

Japan's Junshiro Kobayashi leapt 137.5 metres for a score of 120.9 points to finish in fourth place, while Norway's Robert Johansson came in fifth with a leap of 130.5 metres for 119.1 points.

Sixth place went to Kamil Stoch, of Poland, who managed a leap of 130.5 metres for a score of 114.5 points.